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Jumanah Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Up to

1.up to a cure has been found, the young and elderly are still at risk.
What does "the first part of the sentence mean?
2.International travel should be stopped until the pandemic is contained.
Is it correct?
  

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#2 is correct. There is what I imagine to be an unintentional deletion in #1, which should read: Until a cure has been found.... or Up to the time that a cure.....

— Philip

  • #2 is correct.
  • There is what I imagine to be an unintentional deletion in #1, which should read: Until a cure has been found....
  • or Up to the time that a cure.....
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#2 is correct. There is what I imagine to be an unintentional deletion in #1, which should read: Until a cure has been found.... or Up to the time that a cure.....
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Does "up to" in the first sentence have the same meaning as "even"
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Without what I added in my reply, 'up to' is not correct, let alone have meaning.
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I mean "up to the time a cure has been found, young and elderly are still at risk"
I couldn't understand the first part of the sentence!
Does it mean "even though" or what?
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It means "until."

I don't find it a natural way of expressing it.

They are at risk now. They will be at risk until a cure is found.
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The young and elderly are still at risk up to the time a cure has been found.
Is it grammatically correct?
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